The Nevada self Storage Association recently elected Joshua Steimle as a board member. Steimle is the CEO of Full Occupancy, a self storage web design and online marketing firm. He will be the chairman of the technology committee. Steimle has over 15 years of experience in search engine optimization, online marketing, and web design. [More]

Those in the self storage industry that have the spare time may want to tune in to the upcoming webinar “Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Online Marketing.” The person leading the webinar will be a man who knows a little about online marketing, Sparefoot.com co-founder Mario Feghali. [More]

According to the United States Search and Rescue Task Force, the thing to do if you get lost is to stay in one place -- and stay together. Sunrise, Florida, and its more than 86,000 citizens have been doing just that for 50 years, since Sunrise (originally called Sunset) was first established. Yet for almost a month this summer, Google Maps sent viewers who were looking for Sunrise to Sarasota -- a city that is 200 miles away and on the other side of the state -- instead. Not only was the city of Sunrise lost, but so were all its businesses (including many self storage facilities), addresses, and even city hall, much to the mayor’s dismay. [More]